Fixed Point and Stuff

[quick2code]

Good day,

    I was under the impression that the new version 6 of GlBasic would allow a sort of fixed point implementation with the Integer functions. Is this true or do I still have to make my own fixed point library for mobile games? I'm thinking integer + GlBasic's rotation/scale functions are all I'll need.

I was wondering how some of you implement a KeyHit function where one press of a key = 1 action instead of a constant stream. Would a timer or loop be better?

Last question, what is the definitive map editor for GlBasic? I've had Mappy for a while and the Beta version of the loader is good and all but it doesn't seem to be updated and collisions are a requirement to me. Thanks for any info.

[Moru]

I'm not sure what you mean with fixed point?

As for the keyhit problem, see this code:
http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=679.0

I don't have enough time to fix the collisions of Mappy at the moment but it is easy to do given some time.

[MrTAToad]

Fixed point maths is where you effectively treat an integer as a floating point number - its very fast (obviously) and is useful for machines that dont have a floating point unit.  Unfortunately, due to a lack of decimal points, the values aren't always as accurate as they would be if proper FP maths was used.

Anyhoo, if you want to implement fixed-point maths routines yourself, this place http://home.clara.net/tixy/source/index.html#Fixed-Point%20Maths has C code to do it.

[quick2code]

Awesome. Thanks guys.